Dr. Elliot Frohman, professor of neurology and ophthalmology, led a research experiment on people with multiple sclerosis that demonstrates that increases in heat increase the severity of an eye-movement disorder called internuclear opthalmoparesis (INO).
“Eye test peers into heat-related multiple sclerosis symptoms” on the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center web site describes the experiment which was published in the March 25, 2008 issue of Neurology.
Dr. Frohman serves as the Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Center at UT Southwestern.
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From the MS Program’s web page: “Recognized as a world leader in the research and treatment of multiple sclerosis, the Multiple Sclerosis Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center serves more than 3,900 patients with an all-encompassing program equipped to handle the wide range of symptoms that normally makes the disease difficult to treat. The overriding philosophy of the clinical care mission is to treat the whole patient with a team approach.”